ASCOT Racecourse paints a very different picture to last year with crowds turning up in their thousands for this year's biggest summer racing event.
For the first time since the pandemic started, Royal Ascot has allowed people back in the stands as part of a pilot project for the Government.
Scenes this year are like no other as eager visitors don their best outfits to enjoy the racing spectacle.
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Now, there are queues of people waiting to get into the gates in comparison to last year when the racecourse resembled a ghost town.
Royal Ascot did go ahead last year but it went behind closed doors to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
No one was queuing at the ticket office nor was Ascot train station packed with excited punters getting off their trains.
Here are some pictures looking back on what Royal Ascot was like last year versus this year.
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